Handbag fastener



HANDBAG FASTENER Filed June 11, 19:56

l It is, therefore, an object of this invention to We have provided a Simple and effective latch fOr hand bag frames which is extremely simple in The foregoing dl'SclOSure iS t0 be regarded aS Patented Sept. 7, 1937 Y A Y UNITED STATES PATENT oEFlcE HANDBAG FASTENER William C. Hiering and Frederick W. Goerdes, Newark, N. J., assignors to The J. E. Mergott Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application June 11, 1936, Serial No. 84,652

4 Claims. (Cl. 292-209) This invention relates to hand bag frames, and mental bar of a cellulose compound or the like more particularly to improvements in latches for can be inserted in the bent over sheet I0, retaining such frames closed, In operation, to close the hand bag, the two I-Ieretofore, latches for bag frames have inframe members are brought tegether and the 5 eluded a hasp mounted 0n one olf the frame memhandle l0 forced, down, against the action 0f the 5 bers and a projection or depression on the other Spring 8 and tongue 9, to a vertical position over frame member cooperating with the hasp to hold frame member l. Inasmuch as an appreciable 1 the two bag frame members together, Such force is necessary to raise the handle l0 to the i latches, while effective for the purpose intended, horizontal position. the frame members will re 10 obviously require operations upon both frame main latched together Without fear of accidental 10 members, thus increasing the cost of making bag Opening. frames, From the above description, it will be seen that provide a latch for a hand bag, which requires hand bags, which comprises few parts and remerely mounting on one frame member, and no quires no operations upon the frame members. It 15 operations on the other frame member, is apparent that our latch is well adapted for use A further object is. the provision of a latch for upon almost any kind of frame members.

construction, requiring only two parts. descriptive and illustrative only, and not as re- These and other advantageous objects, which Strictive 01 limitative Of the invention, 0f which 20 will later appear, are accomplished by the simple Obviously many embodiments may he COHStructed, and practical construction and arrangement of including many modifications, without departing parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the from the scope herein indicated and denoted in accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and the appended Claimsin which: Having thus described our invention, what We 25 Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a hand bag frame Claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pathaving our latch mounted thereon, ent, is:

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view showing the 1- Alatehing device COmprSing a plate mounted frame members brought together, with the latch 0n One 0f a pair Of members tO- be latched, a in open position, flat sheet of resilient metal bent back upon it- 30 Fig. 3 is a similar View, showing the latch in Self t0 prOVide a handle, Said Sheet being Cut closed position, adjacent one edge thereof to provide a flat spring,

Fig. 4 is` a plan view, partly in section, taken the edges of the sheet being bent t0 form bearon line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and ings, trunnions on said plate journalled in the Fig, 5 is an exploded, fragmentary View 0f our bearings, and a tongue on the plate constantly 35 improved latch. engaging the flat Spring.

Referring to the drawing, in Fig. l is shown 2- A latching device COmIJrSing a plate ata hand bag frame Comprising 9, pair of outwardly tached to one of a pair of members to be latched, opening channelled frame members I and 2, each a handle hingedly iconnected to the plate, and being provided with upper anges 3 and 4 re spring means on said handle constantly engaging 40 speetiveiy. Attached te fiance 4 is e, smell menu the Plate, Salo handle being adapted to be moved plate 5, having projecting from each side thereof downgvafldly 05er the other member to hold the trunnions 6, journalled in bearings 'l formed in a mmAells 60? heg' sheet of resilient metal Ill, Which ,has adjacent t a' C mg @v1.06 compr 15mg a plate at' 4 ached to one of a pair of members to be latched, 45

the bearings two spaced parallel slits to provide a flat sheet of resilient metal bent back u on iti a flat Spring 8 Whlch preferably 1S @Wed Shghtlyself to provide a handle and pivotally conliiected The bearmgs 7 are formed by bending the edges to the plate, and resilient means on said handle of the sheet lll back upon themselvesl adjacent constantly engaging Said plata the spring 8. 4. A latching device comprising a plate at- 50 The plate 5 is provided With tOl'lgue 9 Which tached to one of a pair of members to be latched, constantly bears against the spring 8, to retain and a sheet of resilient metal having a portion i the sheet Ill in a horizontal or in a vertical posito pro-vide a fiat spring constantly engaging said tion, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The sheet Il) plate, said sheet `of metal being pivotally conis preferably bent back upon itself to provide a nected to the plate.

knob or handle, and is well adapted to receive WILLIAM C. HIERING, surface ornamentation, or if desired, an orna- FREDERICKW. GOERDES. 

